[goneParticipant]

 

Trailing by one or two points, or tied, in the final 24 seconds of regular season and playoff games since 1996-1997, with a minimum of 30 shots. From Alok Pattani of ESPN Stats & Information.

Player	Makes	Attempts	FG%
Carmelo Anthony	21	44	47.7
Chris Paul	14	31	45.2
Shawn Marion	12	30	40
Brandon Roy	12	30	40
Hedo Turkoglu	12	30	40
Rashard Lewis	18	46	39.1
Glenn Robinson	14	36	38.9
Deron Williams	14	36	38.9
Mike Bibby	15	39	38.5
Dirk Nowitzki	25	65	38.5
Jalen Rose	12	32	37.5
Tim Duncan	23	62	37.1
Eddie Jones	13	36	36.1
Karl Malone	11	31	35.5
Ben Gordon	17	49	34.7
Chris Webber	18	52	34.6
Raymond Felton	12	36	33.3
LeBron James	23	69	33.3
Ray Allen	23	70	32.9
Gilbert Arenas	13	40	32.5
Vince Carter	31	96	32.3
Steve Francis	14	44	31.8
Damon Stoudamire	12	38	31.6
Nick Van Exel	16	51	31.4
Kobe Bryant	36	115	31.3
Jason Terry	14	45	31.1
Allen Iverson	21	68	30.9
Kevin Garnett	22	72	30.6
Ron Artest	9	30	30
Allan Houston	12	41	29.3
Entire league	2038	6861	29.7

 

[goneParticipant]

Henry Abbott made this trying to prove Kobe’s un-clutchness. I think its misleading…

[Ghost01Participant]

Henry Abbott sucks, thats probably why.

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

The reason is because Clutch is stupid. Many people believe it’s taking the final shot, which it is not. Clutch is the ability to perform within the final 5 mintues of a game.

As for Kobe, he is one of the top 10 guys. He’s good late but lets not act as if he never messed up late in a close game. I personally think the whole "KOBE is better then Lebron because he’s clutch" thing is foolish because even last season, I’d argue Ron Artest had the 2 most clutch moments for the Lakers last season (Game 7, which Kobe bombed and Game 5 vs Phoenix where he made the GW). Lebron is more clutch then Kobe.

 

[mgreener_34Participant]

 Pierce not even on the list? 

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

Though I am still giving Kobe the final shot. It does little to sway me on Kobe’s ability to score the basketball in clutch situations. It just kind of points out that in those situations, most players are usually less than average shooters. With the absence of Paul Pierce, I think he had a certain number of shots you needed to take within the last 24 seconds of a 1 or 2 point game. So, maybe Paul did not fit the criteria, still has nothing to do with his clutch ability. Henry Abbott is actually someone who comes up with some interesting points more often than not. While I like most would have Kobe shooting the last shot over anyone else, he at least backs up why he wouldn’t. Still, never names another player he would rather have and he still never says Kobe is not a great player, clutch or otherwise. But, to all the people that use Kobe as the end all be all of play in the last few minutes, just know he may take the most opportunities, but he does not necessarily capitalize on them at the highest rate. To many people, I guess that is good enough to call Kobe the best and hate on players that choose to pass up the last shot for the best play.

[llperez]

i think you have to look at the final 5 minutes not just the final seconds. While its true kobe misses tons of those last second shots, one reason is he always takes the last shot and many times he is unable to get a good look or he gets the ball in a tough spot on the floor. Lots of other players will get looked off if they arent wide open or they will pass if they dont have clean look. Lakers make a point of getting kobe the ball no matter how open he is or if there is a better option thus his percentages take a hit.

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